CSN Log
May 29th, 2009, 11:00 AM
05-29-2009 10:53 AM
Can the Ivy League Get Its Game Back?
Lackluster teams prompt calls for change; a new chief’s listening tour.
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-DT747_ivy052_G_20090528220309.jpgThe schools of the Ivy League are among the nation’s finest and richest, with billions in endowments under their command. From law to business to medicine, they’re No. 1 in practically every department but one: sports.
Why are the Ancient Eight increasingly irrelevant in the most competitive arena of all? The short answer, the long-accepted one, is that they choose to be: that they won’t sacrifice their academic ideals by giving athletic scholarships to athletes. But other factors—like a long-standing ban on postseason football games and the schools’ academic standards for athletes—appear to be dragging the league down.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/05/29/can-the-ivy-league-get-its-game-back?blog=2#more4999)
Can the Ivy League Get Its Game Back?
Lackluster teams prompt calls for change; a new chief’s listening tour.
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-DT747_ivy052_G_20090528220309.jpgThe schools of the Ivy League are among the nation’s finest and richest, with billions in endowments under their command. From law to business to medicine, they’re No. 1 in practically every department but one: sports.
Why are the Ancient Eight increasingly irrelevant in the most competitive arena of all? The short answer, the long-accepted one, is that they choose to be: that they won’t sacrifice their academic ideals by giving athletic scholarships to athletes. But other factors—like a long-standing ban on postseason football games and the schools’ academic standards for athletes—appear to be dragging the league down.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/05/29/can-the-ivy-league-get-its-game-back?blog=2#more4999)